Located near Kiryat Tiv'on, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council.

[1] Sde Ya'akov was established in 1927 by pioneers who settled in Sheikh Abreik after its purchase by the Jewish Agency.

[2] It was the first settlement founded by Hapoel HaMizrachi and was named for Yitzchak Yaacov Reines, founder of the Mizrachi movement.

[3] Several kilometers to the southwest, lies an unexcavated tell named Tel Yizhaki or Hurvat Izhaqia.

Among the discoveries at this site is a column base featuring an Aramaic inscription in Hebrew script, mentioning a donor named "Yudah son of Sardah".